well, the fact that they are having multiple days of conversation gives you an indication that the number of topics on the agenda is probably quite large. it s quite broad, probably addressing everything from china s issues that they want on the agenda as well as us issues. i think, certainly, taiwan is front and centre on the agenda, something that china now calls the core of their core interest, but of course china is also very interested in getting the us to reconsider some of its economic policies that discriminate against china, some of the export control regimes, the tariffs that have been placed on chinese goods since the trump administration, and of course the us side has its concerns about how it ensures its supply chain resiliency, its concerns about governance in china, things like human rights, as well as how china engaged with united states and its allies, and of course seeking a more level playing field for us companies in china as well. so i think that s just
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geographical ways that the south china sea, other navigable waters. space, cyber warfare and stealing us blind. they re compelling our companies that do business in china to cough up their technology and proprietary information by joining with these companies, basically state-run companies. stealing our technology here by buying up companies and taking technology and the latest twist is they re flooding our patent office with patent challenges to try and slow down our ability to get our own patent. they re not playing by any kinds of rules and seems to me there is a point at which, and we have export control regimes in place, the commerce department and state department to make sure we don t give our enemies cutting-edge technology to improve their nuclear weapons systems and so forth. so i consider this to be a national security exception. do you agree or disagree? to a certain extent, yes, i do agree that china is a very
geographical ways that the south china sea, other navigable waters. space, cyber warfare and stealing us blind. they re compelling our companies that do business in china to cough up their technology and proprietary information by joining with these companies, basically state-run companies. stealing our technology here by buying up companies and taking technology and the latest twist is they re flooding our patent office with patent challenges to try and slow down our ability to get our own patent. they re not playing by any kinds of rules and seems to me there is a point at which, and we have export control regimes in place, the commerce department and state department to make sure we don t give our enemies cutting-edge technology to improve their nuclear weapons systems and so forth. so i consider this to be a national security exception. do you agree or disagree? to a certain extent, yes, i do agree that china is a very